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    The surname Cola

    A surname, carried by 1,509 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex C400

    Cola: #18,354 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Cola #18,354, 1,509 people Cola: #18,354 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Cola #18,354, 1,509 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Cola is more common than 88.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,509 people named Cola in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 204,603 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,330.

    #18,354
    rank among US surnames
    1,509
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.5%
    change since 2000 (was #18,965)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,347Rushin1,510204,467
    #18,354Lands1,509204,603

    Who is named Cola

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    66% of people named Cola identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 7.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 66%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7.1%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Cola

    Cola has the Soundex code C400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Cola?
    1,509 people in the United States had the surname Cola in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,603 Americans. It ranked 18,354th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Cola?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Cola identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Cola getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,330 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,509 in 2010, up 14%.